Comments on: Creating an Historical Archive http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/ Data storage info & analysis Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Robin Harris http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/#comment-41390 Robin Harris Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:12:23 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=405#comment-41390 Andrew, I'll have to check out Alfresco. Also noticed that the former CEO of Documentum left EMC a couple of weeks ago. Wonder what that means? Robin Andrew,

I’ll have to check out Alfresco. Also noticed that the former CEO of Documentum left EMC a couple of weeks ago. Wonder what that means?

Robin

]]> By: Andrew http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/#comment-40987 Andrew Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:20:22 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=405#comment-40987 G'day, Scanned documents should be stored a lossless format such as tiff. A product I have been watching for some time is the open-source alfresco. Alfresco is being run by the lads who orginally setup the very costly documentum :) I am using in a small scale at the moment but are in the evaluation for a very large scale deployment... Cheers G’day,

Scanned documents should be stored a lossless format such as tiff. A product I have been watching for some time is the open-source alfresco.

Alfresco is being run by the lads who orginally setup the very costly documentum :)

I am using in a small scale at the moment but are in the evaluation for a very large scale deployment…

Cheers

]]> By: joseph martins http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/#comment-40201 joseph martins Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:30:52 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=405#comment-40201 Interesting blog Clark - I just finished writing a few comments to it. My only suggestion would be to expand your perspective beyond storage if you're going to target issues around long-term storage. I noticed your links read like a who's who of the storage industry. 95% of the long-term archival research is going on outside storage. Interesting blog Clark - I just finished writing a few comments to it. My only suggestion would be to expand your perspective beyond storage if you’re going to target issues around long-term storage. I noticed your links read like a who’s who of the storage industry. 95% of the long-term archival research is going on outside storage.

]]> By: Clark Hodge http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/#comment-40163 Clark Hodge Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:37:14 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=405#comment-40163 Robin, I like your ideas of LOCKS - Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe. And that it's not just copies of the same thing, on the same media, but multiple formats, and multiple medias. Better to protect the information from a single point of failure. I'd like to add 'long term commitment' to your list. Right now we don't have much in the technology world that is meant to last truly long periods of time. Not protocols, not media, not hardware, not standards and especially (unfortunately) not the interesting stuff - the information! A long term commitment to the maintenance, and preservation of the information. All those copies won't mean anything if it goes 'stagnant' and no one reads them for 50 years and none of the media is readable. That long term commitment means regular checks (audits) of all of the media, regular migrations of both format and media, audit logs for data transformations ... (for the digital stuff at least!). Even the traditional paper archivists commit to environmental controls in their archives - with spot checks looking for mold, fading or other degradation. I write a blog - "Fixed Content Fixations" at http://www.storageswitch.com/blog that targets issues around of long term data (records, information) storage. ..clark Robin,

I like your ideas of LOCKS - Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe. And that it’s not just copies of the same thing, on the same media, but multiple formats, and multiple medias. Better to protect the information from a single point of failure.

I’d like to add ‘long term commitment’ to your list. Right now we don’t have much in the technology world that is meant to last truly long periods of time. Not protocols, not media, not hardware, not standards and especially (unfortunately) not the interesting stuff - the information! A long term commitment to the maintenance, and preservation of the information.

All those copies won’t mean anything if it goes ’stagnant’ and no one reads them for 50 years and none of the media is readable. That long term commitment means regular checks (audits) of all of the media, regular migrations of both format and media, audit logs for data transformations … (for the digital stuff at least!).

Even the traditional paper archivists commit to environmental controls in their archives - with spot checks looking for mold, fading or other degradation.

I write a blog - “Fixed Content Fixations” at http://www.storageswitch.com/blog that targets issues around of long term data (records, information) storage.

..clark

]]> By: joseph martins http://storagemojo.com/2007/03/19/creating-an-historical-archive/#comment-39964 joseph martins Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:20:14 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=405#comment-39964 Robin, When I have an opportunity I'll put together a list of resources for you. And I'd be happy to discuss some of the strategies with you. While you're thinking about the preservation of digital and non-digital assets, consider the following: 1. The original document. For example the actual US Constitution, or an MS Word file. 2. A likeness. For example a digital image of the Constituion, or a copy of a digital file in another format. 3. The content of the original document. For example the text of the Constitution decoupled from the presentation. Robin,

When I have an opportunity I’ll put together a list of resources for you. And I’d be happy to discuss some of the strategies with you.

While you’re thinking about the preservation of digital and non-digital assets, consider the following:

1. The original document. For example the actual US Constitution, or an MS Word file.
2. A likeness. For example a digital image of the Constituion, or a copy of a digital file in another format.
3. The content of the original document. For example the text of the Constitution decoupled from the presentation.

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